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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1974.

WORKING PARTY SET UP TO STUDY NON-COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL GRADUATES ISSUE

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY WHICH HAS BEEN SET UP TO LOOK INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF NON-COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL GRADUATES.

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THE CHAIRMAN IS SIR RONALD HOLMES, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION. THE MEMBERS ARE DR. PETER C.Y.LEE, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION= DR. A.C. DA ROZA, PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CHONG KONG BRANCH)= PROFESSOR ARTHUR M.C. YAU, THE ACTING DEAN OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG PROFESSOR MA LIN, PROFESSOR OF BIOCHEMISTRY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DR. C.O. LEE MEDICAL TRAINING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT= MR. R.G.B. BRIDGE, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AND MR. P.B. WILLIAMS, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. THE SECRETARY IS MR. MARCUS MAK.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY ARE TO CONSIDER WHETHER ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ENABLE SOME DOCTORS, WHOSE QUALIFICATIONS ARE NOT RECOGNISED BY THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG.

IF SO, THE WORKING PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVISING WHAT METHODS SHOULD BE USED TO ENSURE A PROPER LEVEL OF COMPETENCE AMONG UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS BEFORE THEY ARE LICENSED TO PRACTISE= AND WHETHER ANY CONDITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO SUCH PRACTICE.

IN REACHING ITS CONCLUSIONS, THE WORKING PARTY IS ASKED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SIX FACTORS:-

(1) THE EXPECTED REQUIREMENT FOR DOCTORS, WHETHER IN PRIVATE

OR GOVERNMENT PRACTICE, IN HONG KONG DURING THE NEXT

10 YEARS=

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(5)

(6)

THE NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TRAINING FACILITIES FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS=

THE NEED FOR, AND NATURE OF, ANY EXAMINATION OF UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS=

WHETHER A NEW LIST OF UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS LICENSED TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE INITIATED, AND IF SO, HOW IT SHOULD BE OPERATED=

THE EFFECT WHICH THE LICENSING TO PRACTISE OF UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS MIGHT HAVE ON THE RECOGNITION OF THE M.B.B.5. (HONG KONG) DEGREE BY THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM= AND

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE LICENSING TO PRACTISE OF UNREGIS- TRABLE DOCTORS FOR THE PLANNED OUTPUT OF THE TWO HONG KONG MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

THE WORKING PARTY HAS BEEN ASKED TO REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER DECEMBER 31.

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THE SETTING UP OF THE WORKING PARTY WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON AUGUST 14 DURING THE WINDING UP DEBATE ON THE MEDICAL WHITE PAPER.

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